Revelation (Code Lyoko episode)
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"Revelation" is the fifty-first episode of the French animated television series Code Lyoko and the fourth installment of the five-part Season 2 finale. It premiered in France on February 8, 2006 and in the United States on December 9, 2005
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[edit] Summary
It's nearing the end of the year and Jeremie's research has hit a dead end. After the group collects some data from Carthage, he plans to use a Tower to decipher Franz Hopper's backup diary. Before the mission, Odd gets a message from a mystery girl. When he goes to meet her, he is attacked by one of XANA's Ghosts and locked inside a well at The Hermitage. The Ghost then assumes Odd's form and goes to Lyoko in his place. The Tower that XANA activated to make the Ghost then deactivates, confusing Jeremie. Putting it out of his mind, he begins his plan to decipher the diary. Shortly after they begin, the Ghost turns on the group, devirtualizing Yumi and chasing Ulrich away from the Tower as three Tarantulas arrive to protect it. At the same time, XANA attempts to take over Jeremie's Tower, locking the decoding procedure so they can't abandon it. Jeremie realizes the true nature of the Ghost during the fight, and Yumi goes off to find the real Odd. After the Ghost proves to be ineffective against Ulrich, it shapeshifts into a clone of Ulrich. In this form, it proves to be an equal match for him. After much fighting, Ulrich finally bests the clone, but is taken out by a Tarantula shortly after. Just when it looks like Jeremie's Tower will fall, Franz Hopper steps in and protects it. The diary then decodes fully. After examining the diary, Jeremie tells Aelita a shocking revelation.
[edit] Recap
The episode starts out in the Desert Sector of Lyoko. There are numerous data stream wires wound about the region, pulsing red. They run to the edge where they continue on into the bright Data orb surrounding Carthage. On Carthage's Celestial Dome, Aelita is tapping away on the Carthage Interface. The other three Lyokians are conducting an offensive against the Manta. Yumi manages to take one with a flick of her Tessen Fan. Another Manta is removed from a dual effort by Odd and Ulrich. First, Ulrich slices a rather large line though the Manta with his katana. Despite this, it is not destroyed. An Lazer Arrow from Odd on the Eye of XANA on its back destroys the monster. As more Mantas approach, Aelita finishes working and releases the controls. A download meter with the XANA symbol is seen just before it closes. The three hop on their Vehicles and escape the sector.
In the Lab, Jeremie explains that the data recovered will allow him to decode Franz Hopper's CD diary. Aelita points out that they'll have to activate a Tower to get the necessary computing power. Jeremie stays in the Lab while the others head back to the school to eat. The culinary staff are serving mashed potatoes and Odd wants Jeremie's portion since he won't be eating it.
In the Cafeteria, Odd doesn't have any trouble convincing the lunchlady, Rosa Petitjean, to give him Jeremie's portion. She wonders how he can be so scrawny in spite of how much he eats. Odd just says he's svelte. Once he sits down with Aelita and Ulrich, they discuss their various grade averages. Ulrich has a 73, Odd has a 75, and Aelita has a 95.8 GPA. She tries to be modest about it. Ulrich starts to make a comment about how it's an extremely good average for someone who was never human, but cuts himself off before finishing it. Aelita isn't bothered by it, knowing perfectly well that she isn't human. Still, Aelita says that she feels as if she has lived on Earth before. Odd attributes it to knowing him, claiming that once you've met him, you feel as if you've known him for a lifetime. As he says this, he has mashed potatoes on his nose. Ulrich points it out and Aelita laughs.
While walking outside, Odd gets a call on his cell phone. It's from a mystery girl. She wants to meet him in the city's woodland reserves. Ulrich comments on Odd's love life, comparing it to a soap opera. Odd says that Ulrich's love life is rather simple, prompting a laugh from Aelita.
At the Lab, Jeremie notices an activated Tower. He calls Ulrich to tell him about it. When Ulrich finds out, he has Aelita call Yumi while he calls Odd.
In the municipal forests, Odd is randomly shouting out for the mystery caller. As he does, a Ghost is seen stalking him. It eventually knocks him out.
At the Factory, Aelita, Ulrich, and Yumi arrive without Odd. Not willing to wait for Odd to show up, Jeremie sends them to Lyoko. As they arrive on Lyoko, Odd shows up. Jeremie asked Odd where he was. Odd is dodgy about his whereabouts and goes straight to the Scanners. As Jeremie sends him, an evil grin lights up Odd's face. Once the process completes, an error (!) icon pops up. Jeremie is at a loss to the cause. Furthermore, the activated Tower shuts itself off.
At The Hermitage, the real Odd is trapped in a makeshift well. A nearby faucet has been turned on and is filling the juryrigged cistern. Odd tries in vain to scale the walls, but the rising water level and steep walls make for a less than graspable surface. He tries to call for help, but no one is around to assist.
On Lyoko, the fake Odd isn't very talkative. He acts withdrawn and confused when the other group members pester him. The others just figure his mystery girl stood him up. Jeremie points them in the direction of the Tower he plans to operate for the decoding process. Once there, Aelita enters the columnal structure and prepares the procedure on the Tower Interface. As Jeremie activates the Tower, the decoding process begins. As the translation program runs, three monsters show up outside to cause trouble. The computerized fog obscures them at first, but they are eventually revealed to be Tarantulas. The three warriors prepare to attack. Odd, however, does not prepare as one would expect. Instead of targeting the monsters, he targets Yumi. A single hit devirtualizes her. He tries to hit Ulrich, too, but Ulrich has his guard up by this point. All of Odd's arrows are deflected easily by the katana. This, however, is only part of the problem. All of the Tarantulas are firing on Ulrich as well. Ulrich is forced to get on the Overbike and run. Odd hops on the Overboard, firing as he does.
In the Lab, Jeremie deduces that he sent a Polymorphic Clone to Lyoko instead of the real Odd. He is able to trace Odd's cell phone signal to an area in the city forest. Yumi heads off to find him. Meanwhile, XANA starts to move in on Jeremie's Tower. This is a bigger problem than it seems, since the process that is deciphering the diary won't shut off. Also, the Tower has a direct link to Jeremie's restricted area in the Supercomputer. If XANA takes control of the Tower, he can delete everything Jeremie made, including the materialization program for Aelita. Understandably worried, Jeremie tells Ulrich to get back to the Tower and cut the wires leading to it. Doing so will isolate the Tower from Lyoko's master system.
In the Mountain Sector, Ulrich is still dealing with Polymorph-Odd. It's no match for his superior sword skills. Once Ulrich reaches the Tower, he jumps off the Overbike as it runs into a Tarantula. That monster and the Vehicle are destroyed in the resulting collision. Ulrich hops on another Tarantula and destroys it as well. He tries to cut the data wires, but Polymorph-Odd is right behind him, making the task impossible. Ulrich comments on the futility of XANA's actions, noting the fact that Odd could never beat him. In response, the Polymorph changes shape into a clone of Ulrich. Ulrich is quieted by the change, and begins to battle his doppelganger. The two are evenly matched, and the resulting battle is a back and forth, running sword battle over a large portion of Lyoko. The two eventually stop on an arena-shaped plateau.
In the municipal woods, Yumi eventually finds Odd's cell phone. Since it's nowhere near his current location, she's still stuck looking. The well is now about halfway full, and Odd is still trying to call for help. Yumi eventually finds her way to The Hermitage via the Red Path and begins to help Odd out of his predicament. The hatch is sealed rather tightly so she can't seem to budge it.
Back on Lyoko, XANA's takeover of Jeremie's Tower is getting closer, with no way to stop it. Ulrich is still battling his clone, making an equal amount of progress. As they battle, the clone eventually gets the upper-hand by stealing Ulrich's katana. Jeremie urges Ulrich to hurry up. Ulrich seems rather unconcerned for some reason, which is made clear shortly. As the clone attacks, Ulrich catches its sword with his bare hands. He then takes the sword and impales the clone with it, taking it out. With no one left to stop him, he heads for the data wires near the Tower. Unfortunately, the recent battle has made him forget about the one remaining Tarantula, and it devirtualizes him for the forgetfulness.
At The Hermitage, Yumi manages to pop the hatch just as Odd begins to drown. Despite his near-death experience, he still has the energy to make a quip about the wait, saying he has never had to wait that long for a woman. They get a good laugh out of this.
In the Lab, Jeremie is upset over XANA's approaching takeover of his Tower. With nothing to do in response, he and Ulrich wait for it to happen. Suddenly, an enigma force identifed as Franz Hopper himself appears. He commandeers the Tower, expelling XANA and that virus's red glow. As the Tower shimmers white, the benevolent Hopper finishes decoding the diary for Jeremie.
Back in Jeremie's room, Jeremie explains everything he learned from the diary. It turns out that Hopper did indeed create Lyoko, as well as XANA. There is much more startling information in the diary, though. Jeremie explains that Hopper had a daughter, who went with him to Lyoko. Aelita is unwilling to accept this, saying that she would have seen another person on Lyoko. The true meaning of the statement hits her shortly after. It seems she was indeed human at one point, but does not remember it for some reason. The episode ends as Aelita comes to terms with this revelation.
[edit] Memorable Quotes
- Aelita: I’ll have to activate a Tower or two
- Yumi: Uh… that didn’t go very well last time. XANA hates it when we play with his toys!
- Odd: No girl’s ever kept me waiting that long!
- Jeremie: Whenever XANA leaves us in peace, everything’s cool!
- Ulrich: But you must have gotten very good grades in all your classes. It's great, especially that you're not really....
- Odd: Uhhhhhhhh.....
- Aelita: Don't worry. I know very well I'm not really human. Still, sometimes I get a strange feeling as if... as if I've already lived here. Weird, huh?
- Odd: That's just the Magical Odd Effect. You see me once, and you feel you've known me forever.
- Ulrich:Hey Magic Odd Effect, you know you've got some mashed potatoes right on your face. (Aelita laughs)
- Ulrich: You know Odd, your love life is like something out of a soap opera.
- Odd: Oh, yeah. And yours is real simple, hmmm?
- Ulrich: Talk about a tailgater, worse than Sissi!
- Jeremie: Where's Odd?
- Ulrich: I sent him a text message, but he was supposed to be meeting some sort of mystery girl.
- Jeremie: A girl? What girl?
- Ulrich: Mystery girls don't leave their name.
- Rosa: With everything you put away, I just don't understand how you can still be so scrawny!
- Odd: (suavely) I am not scrawny, I’m svelte!
- Ulrich: You’re wasting your time XANA! Odd’s never beaten me yet! (The Polymorph changes from Odd to Ulrich) Uh... yeah… well, okay. Uh… that changes things.
- Odd: It's MASHED POTATOES today!
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Cinematic Notes
- When they are eating in the Cafeteria, the camera shows Odd continually taking monstrous spoonfulls out of his mound of mashed potatoes. Everytime the scene is shown, though, Odd's pile of potatoes has not decreased in height. However, this effect is common in animated shows.
- When XANA's polymorphic clone is virtualized, its wire frame appears to have a sneer on its face.
- When Aelita enters the tower, she appears inside running, but she entered walking.
- When Jeremie tells Aelita to abort the decoding, the diary would have completed decoding already shown by the decoding rate at the screen before.
- When Odd is trying to get out of the pit, on the second try he falls back, but the water level has not increased.
- It was Aelita who said, " I'll have to activate a tower or two," but it is actually Jeremie who activates the Towers.
| Preceded by: "Contact" |
Code Lyoko episodes | Followed by: "The Key" |
